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Stories from those that served in World War II from Weber County

Kim

Weber County, UT, USA


    • Nov 11, 2024 LATEST EPISODE
    • monthly NEW EPISODES
    • 16m AVG DURATION
    • 49 EPISODES


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    Veteran's Day in Weber County in 1944

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2024 10:48 Transcription Available


    Step back in time with me, Kim Dixon, as we honor the courage and resilience of those who shaped history on November 11, 1944. Ever wondered how pivotal moments unfolded on the world stage during World War II? This episode promises to enrich your understanding with stories of General MacArthur's triumphant return to the Philippines, Admiral Nimitz's vital Pacific maneuvers, and General Patton's unstoppable drive in Europe. We also turn our gaze homeward to Weber County, recognizing the valor of local servicemen and the community's significant financial support of the war effort. As we approach the last Veterans Day of World War II, these narratives offer both a tribute and a lesson in sacrifice and solidarity.In a heartfelt exploration, I share the poignant tale of Seaman First Class Kenneth W. Manful and the fate of the USS Albacore, representing the silent heroism of the 52 U.S. submarines lost during the war. These stories, memorialized in places like the Honolulu Memorial and Ogden City Cemetery, serve as stirring reminders of the personal costs of conflict. By exploring these chapters, you ensure the legacy of these brave souls endures. Tune in to preserve their memory and express gratitude for their sacrifices. Follow along on Apple Podcasts as we continue to share these vital stories of courage and commitment.

    The Borgstrom Brothers' Lasting Legacy

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2024 30:30 Transcription Available


    How do you honor a family that lost nearly everything for their country? Join Kim Dixon as she returns from her hiatus to share the breathtaking story of the Borgstrom family from Box Elder County. After completing her book, "Weber County's Greatest Generation Book 3, 1944," and pursuing her communications degree, Kim reconnects with listeners to recount the unimaginable sacrifices of the Borgstrom brothers—Clyde, Boyd, Leroy, Rulan, and Roland—during World War II. This episode captures the profound impact of their service and the transformative changes in military policy that their loss inspired.Listen to the heartfelt ceremonies and tributes that have been dedicated to the Borgstrom family, from a public ceremony in Garland to the emotional return of the brothers' bodies to Utah. Featuring voices like Deborah Long, the family's granddaughter, and dignitaries such as Governor Spencer Cox, the narrative highlights the Borgstroms' enduring legacy. Discover the powerful symbol of courage and patriotism created by Val Lewis at Riverview Cemetery, and hear the moving stories shared by community leaders. This episode is a solemn reminder of the importance of remembering and honoring our military service members' sacrifices.

    1943 Ogden Mass Shooting: An Unforgotten Nightmare

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2023 24:38 Transcription Available


    80 years ago Austin Cox murdered five people, including Judge Lewis Trueman, who granted a divorce to his ex-wife. 

    D-Day 1944 in Weber County

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2023 10:59


    How did Weber County hear the news of the Invasion of Normandy in 1944? Listen and find out!

    Memorial Day 1943

    Play Episode Listen Later May 30, 2023 6:01


    What happened on Memorial Day 80 years ago?  War plants in Ogden and other cities did not close down for Memorial Day.  The battle of inflation is still plaguing the nation. 

    Weber County - December 7, 1942

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 11:44


    The city and county that servicemen had left during 1942 was changing completely.  Rationing of coffee, liquor, tires, gas, sugar and soon meat was the reality that residents lived with. 

    The Circus Come to Ogden!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 17, 2022 20:27


    Eighty years ago in August of 1942, there was not much good news from the warfront.  On August 12th, the Coles' Circus came to town with hundreds of animals and performers,  They marched from Union Station to 19th and Harrison for a one-of-a-kind spectacular!!

    July 4th, 1942 in Weber County

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2022 8:50


    Weber County and FDR's Rubber Drive - June 1942

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2022 23:27


    In June of 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt, in a radio address,  called on American's to gather all of their rubber for the war effort. See how Weber County and the US as a whole, responded. 

    1945 Deaths - May through October

    Play Episode Listen Later May 24, 2022 18:46


    Weber County Deaths - 1945 March and April

    Play Episode Listen Later May 18, 2022 15:15


    Weber County Deaths - January, February 1945

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2022 23:21


    The story of the 61 Weber County men killed in January and February 1945.

    1944 Deaths Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2022 28:11


    Weber County deaths from July 1 - December 31, 1944

    1944 Deaths Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2021 13:28


    In 1944 Weber County lost 66 servicemen.  This is the list of those who died through June. 

    Weber County 1943 Deaths

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2021 12:31


    We lost 29 servicemen in 1943.  

    Honoring Those Weber County Men Killed in 1942

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 19:59


    At the end of 1942, Weber County had lost 23 servicemen.  

    Iwo Jima Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 37:26


    The storie of two more Weber County boys on Iwo Jima.  Seaman Vernon Fowers died in the kamikaze attack on the USS Bismarck Sea.  George Wahlen, is Weber County's own Congressional Medal of Honor winner for his heroic actions on Iwo 

    Weber County and the Battle for Iwo Jima

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2021 21:49


    The story of two Weber County boys and the Battle of Iwo Jima. 

    The Farnsworth Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2021 18:10


    Chuck and Keith Farnsworth, both pilots, died in opposite theatres of war within on e week of each other in December of 1944. 

    Captain James O. Fox

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2021 18:10


    Marine Captain James Fox of Riverdale, was one of seven Weber County Marines killed in the South Pacific during World War II. 

    Honoring the Weber County boys who died in France in 1944

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2021 7:06


    15 of our servicemen died in France between June 6th and December 25th, 1944.  

    Lt. M. Kimball Jacobs and Pfc J. Gray Jacobs, Riverdale Brothers Killed in World War II

    Play Episode Listen Later May 13, 2021 31:31


    Charlotte Jacobs of Riverdale, sent four sons to different theatres of war during World War II.  She was one of two families in Weber County that lost two sons in battle. 

    Sgt. Glen Sandlund

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2021 26:24


    Glen Sandlund was an outstanding basketball player at Ogden High School and at George Washington University.  He was killed in the Battle of Manila. 

    Private Dale Beus Nelson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2021 23:15


    This story links a mass murder in Ogden to two Weber County boys who died in World War 2. 

    Lieutenant Richard (Spence) Burrows, The First American to Cross into Germany in World War II

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2021 20:18


    Lt. Richard Burrows was the first American to cross into German territory in World War II.  Unfortunately, he was also the first ground casualty in Germany. https://archives.library.illinois.edu/erec/University%20Archives/2620076/33rd%20Armored%20Regiment%20After%20Action%20Reports%2C%20Log%20Book%2C%20and%20Eaton%27s%205%20Stars%20to%20Victory/10_5%20Stars%20to%20Victory%2C%20Robert%20Eaton.pdf 

    2nd Lt. William J. Capson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 5, 2021 11:28


    2nd Lt. William J. Capson of Huntsville, co-pilot of a B-25, died in Italy on February 6, 1944. 

    Captain Eddie E. Winkler

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2021 19:08


    Captain Eddie Winkler was reported as missing in action after his plane crashed on August 26, 1944, only to show up at his unit on September 20th.  Eleven days later he was killed in another crash on October 1st in the Himalaya mountains. 

    Pfc Harold Moline, Pfc Fred Gibson and Seaman Joseph Hyalmar Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 26:24


    In connection with last week's podcast, this is the story of three more Weber County boys .

    Sgt. Howard Hunt and Pfc Arnold Rose

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2021 13:32


    Sgt. Hunt and Private first class Rose were best friends all through their childhood. They joined the army together, trained together and went overseas together. They even died together on the same day in Italy.

    Podcast #21 Private H. Wayne Macfarlane

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 13:40


    Private Macfarlane was killed in action on the ship the USS Dorchester in the Atlantic on Feburary 2, 1943.

    Podcast #19 Staff Sgt Frank Baron

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2020 16:47


    Staff Sgt Frank Baron was killed on August 1, 1943 in the attack on the Ploesti oil plants in Romania.

    Armistice Day 1918 in Ogden

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 11, 2020 5:56


    Find out what happened in Ogden the first Armistice Day in 1918 and take a minute to honor the 22 boys from Weber County who died in World War I.

    Podcast #17 Lt. Robert S. Blakeley

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2020 13:59


    Lt. Blakeley died in one of the greatest aerial battle of World War II, fought in North Africa.

    Podcast #16 Lieutenant Winslow Gardner

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 15, 2020 9:32


    Lt. Winslow Gardner, co-pilot of his B-17E died on June 1, 1943 in New Britain, in the southwest Pacific.

    Podcast #15 The Luddington Brothers

    Play Episode Listen Later May 25, 2020 13:53


    This is the story of one of two families in Weber County that lost two sons in World War II.

    Podcast #14 Staff Sgt Harold Davis and Private First Class Wallace Bitton

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 11:42


    The story of cousins, Staff Sgt. Harold Davis and Pfc Wallace Bitton.

    Podcast #13 Sergeant Carl H. Yarrington

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2020 9:27


    Sergeant Carl Yarrington, took part in the D-Day invasion as a paratrooper.

    Podcast #12 Private Lyle Kundson Part 4

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 23, 2020 14:16


    The amazing finish of Private Knudson's experiences as a POW in the Philippines.

    Podcast #11 - Private Lyle Kundson Part 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2020 15:12


    Part 3 of Private Lyle Knudson's amazing rescue from the Philippines.

    Podcast #10 - Pvt Lyle Knudson, Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2020 11:45


    Part 2 of the story of Lyle Knudson's experiences with the Philippines.

    Podcast #9 - Pvt. Lyle Kundson, Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2020 12:03


    Private Lyle Knudson was a prisoner of war in the Philippines, but survived to tell his own story,

    Podcast #8 Captain Wayne A. Fisher

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2020 15:34


    Captain Wayne Fisher was serving in the Philippines when the Japanese attacked. He survived the Bataan Death March and two years at Cabanatuan.

    Podcast #7 - Seaman David Huntsman and Seaman Edmund Archibald

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 26, 2019 13:24


    Two 18-year old Ogden boys found themselves in the Battle of the Coral Sea on two different ships.

    Podcast #6 Quartermaster William Dean and Lieutenant Daryal Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 13:04


    Quartermaster Dean and Lt. Clark were stationed in the Philippines in December of 1941 when the Japanese attacked.

    Podcast #5 Coxswain Claude Becker

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2019 12:23


    Coxswain Becker received the Navy Cross for his actions on the USS Marblehead.

    Podcast #4 - 2nd Lieutenant Richard Pingree

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2019 9:17


    Lt. Pingree served along side Major Pell in the 33rd Pursuit Squadron and died on the same day.

    Podcast #3 Major Floyd J. Pell

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2019 17:20


    Major Floyd Pell, Ogden born and a West Point grad gave his life in the defense of Darwin, Australia on February 19, 1942.

    Podcast #2 Seaman First Class John William Lambert

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2019 9:21


    John William Lambert joined the Navy on his 17th birthday, February 20, 1941. He was the third Weber County casualty.

    Podcast #1 Ensign Howard Deal Merrill

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2019 7:48


    Welcome to Weber County's Greatest Generation Podcast. Ensign Howard Deal Merrill was Weber County's first casualty. He served on the Arizona.

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